Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-30
( ANTHRACITE COAL.
EFFECT OF THE NORTHERN STRIKES
on THE RICHMOND NARKET.
About a Months Supply Here and No
Present Prospect Of Incrsss-
ing 1t, &C, &C., &e.

The strike of the coal-handlers and
longshoremen in the North affects very
injuriously the delivery of anthracite
coal here. In fact, practically no coal
can be added to the Richmond supply,
and the most pressing orders from
dealers in this city have TO be held in
allegiance.
A Dispatch reporter called on seve-
raj prominent dealers yesterday to get
their individual views of the condition
of the market.
HOW 1T AFFECTS Us.
docs the strike affect us :? " said Mr..
Lorraine, with j. b. Lacy, south Ninth
street 81 shouldsay 50. We ordered
fifteen cars of coal the first of the
month and have only received one
shipment Of twenty-five tons Our
agents in Baltimore say 1t is no use
to forward orGkrs for more cars OF coal.
We have now more orders that we can
possibly get of this month. | am the
only dealer here who has gotten any coal
this month, and got it by hiring cars
from the Richmond and Allegheny and
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Company to go 70 the Susquehan-
ma Valley and get coal direct for us by
rail. So we don't expect to run out.
THE PRICE.
"Has there been any rise in price?
Yes before the strike it was s.. 80.
1t is now $3.50. The coal has advanced
in price in the North too, and, in fact,
is bringing more in New York to-day
than here. In New York it is bringing
SO ton, because the coal goes from
Susouehanna to New York instead of
coming here. It takes the coal from
the southern market There isn't
enough coal here to last three weeks. y
WORSE OUTLOOK.
1.-The market here is very bad, and
there isn't enough coal to last two
weeks" declared Mr. Charles II. Page,
Nineteenth and Cary streets. " In fact,
if one week of very cold weather came
it would clean every yard in the city
except my own. / have got enough to
last six weeks, because ] chartered
freight box-cars and sent them direct
to the mines. But can't get any more
cars now.
"What is coal bringing?"
"From Sc to 81. After the 1st of
the month | wouldn't be surprised to
see coal bringing from 50 TO so"
BLOCKED EVEN BY RAIL.
Mr.. w. S. Pitcher, Broad and Pine
streets, by whose yard runs the Frede-
rickaburg railroad, said the strike af-
fected him very materially. up in
this part of the city We get our coal
right from the Pennsylvania mines, or,
rather, We have been getting it that
way. But the ears have been with
drawn from the direct line in order that
other sections more i'll need than this
may be supplied. ! haven't received
any coal this month-not IA pound.
NOCoAL TILL STRIKE IS OVER.
"The strike makes coal scarce and
high. 1t is now $3.50, and the supply
is very limited-not enoughtO last three
weeks. And We can't get anymore I'M
til the strike is over. So says Mr.. W.
j. Mcdowell, Seventh and Main.
NO COAL AT ANY PRICE.
Crmp & West, 1719 east Cary street,
assert that they cannot get coal i'll New
York at any price. "Our price is the
same now that it was when the strike
commenced-SG.50. We have short
stock on hand not enough to last three
weeks; got a cargo coming, but 1t
hasn't arrived yet.
Mr.. HAwEs's VIEWS.
Mr.. S. II. Halves, Cary and Eighteenth
streets, and proprietor of the coal ele-
vator near the dock-gates, says: &" Can't
get any coal. Price the same as it was
a few weeks ago. | have enough on
hand TO last a month, think.
STRIKE GIVES A TENDENCY TO ADVANCE.
Mr.. S. P. Lathrop, at the foot Of
Seventeenth street, remarked that the
strike has a tendency TO advance the
price OF coal in New York. and hare,
too. tosome extent. 1t is $3.50 in New
York and $3.50 here. Il can't say
whether it will go higher or not. | have
got enough to last, in the event of an
ordinary demand, for about four
weeks"
BITUMINOUS COAL PLENTIFUL.
The anthracite coal onlyis affected by
the strikers. The demand for soft coal
is greater just now than usual, but the
supply is abundant and there is no dan
ger of its running short.